startx prints to stderr and exits:
xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.4241
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5 x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain
I'm not familiar with running the live CD
So you should not answer.
You may need to run with the vesa driver.
A proper xorg.conf was missing. I needed to create one with: X -configure
Then I used it with:
X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
export DISPLAY=:0.0
gnome-session
and now I'm
--- Jim Cornette fc-corne...@wowway.com wrote:
Issuing xdriver=vesa as a kernel parameter on boot should allow the vesa
driver to be loaded when you boot. Though I am not toying around with the
Live CD, the X server should work the same as traditional installs.
cat /proc/cmdline
Let me add some details and suggest something:
X -configure created xorg.conf.new with:
Driver nouveau
VendorName nVidia Corporation
BoardName GeForce 7150M
The board name is wrong, but it works fine.
Some init script could execute X -configure before trying to start X.
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